Ghost Ground

Sandygast is a Ghost and Ground-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1394 in Pokémon GO. Sandygast's best moveset is Sand Attack and Shadow Ball. It is weather boosted by Fog and Sunny weather, and it was originally found in the Alola region. Shiny Sandygast is not available in Pokémon GO.

Sandygast is weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Rock, Electric, Fighting, Normal, and Poison-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1394 CP
Attack	120 ATK
Defense	118 DEF
Stamina	146 STA
Weather Boost	Fog Sunny
Released	Yes
Shiny released	No
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#769
Height	0.5 m
Weight	70 kg
Region	Alola Generation 7
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	50 50000

Sandygast type chart

Takes increased damage

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Electric	39.1%
Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Sandygast's best moves and movesets

Sandygast's best moveset is Sand Attack and Shadow Ball, with 9.54 DPS (damage per second) and 141.8 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Sunny and Fog weather.

Best Sandygast moves

Sand Attack

Shadow Ball

DPS9.54

TDO141.80

Score11.5

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Sandygast with its best moveset, we recommend to use Mud Shot/Shadow Ball. You will lose around 4.5% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Sandygast's strongest moveset (Sand Attack/Shadow Ball).

Sandygast moves comparison

The following chart shows Sandygast's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Sandygast's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Sand Attack	Shadow Ball	9.54	141.8	11.5
2.	Mud Shot	Shadow Ball	9.11	135.4	11.0
3.	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	8.90	132.3	10.7
4.	Sand Attack	Earth Power	8.68	129.0	10.5
5.	Astonish	Shadow Ball	8.62	128.1	10.4
6.	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	8.53	126.8	10.3
7.	Mud Shot	Earth Power	8.35	124.1	10.1
8.	Astonish	Scorching Sands	8.04	119.5	9.7
9.	Astonish	Earth Power	7.89	117.2	9.5
10.	Sand Attack	Sand Tomb	5.92	88.0	7.1
11.	Mud Shot	Sand Tomb	5.83	86.7	7.0
12.	Astonish	Sand Tomb	5.51	81.9	6.6

Fast Attacks

• Mud Shot570.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	7
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	0.6s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Mud Shot has no special effects.

  See Mud Shot details page ↗
• Astonish8141.1s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Dark

  • 39.1%
  • • Normal

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	14
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	1.1s
  Damage window	0.7s - 1.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	9
  Energy	10

  
  

  Effects

  Astonish has no special effects.

  See Astonish details page ↗
• Sand Attack470.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	7
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	2
  Energy	4

  
  

  Effects

  Sand Attack has no special effects.

  See Sand Attack details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Shadow Ball100503.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Dark

  • 39.1%
  • • Normal

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.0s
  Damage window	2.4s - 2.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Shadow Ball has no special effects.

  See Shadow Ball details page ↗
• Sand Tomb60334.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	4.0s
  Damage window	1.7s - 4.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	25
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Sand Tomb has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Sand Tomb details page ↗
• Earth Power100503.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	3.6s
  Damage window	2.7s - 3.4s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Earth Power has a 10.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Earth Power details page ↗
• Scorching Sands95503.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	95
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.6s - 2.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Scorching Sands has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Scorching Sands details page ↗

Sandygast Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Sandygast's Max CP is at Level 50. Sandygast Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	1394 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	491 CP - 528 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	655 CP - 705 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	655 CP - 705 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Fog Sunny	819 CP - 881 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Sandygast Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Sandygast Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Sandygast evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Sandygast	50 Candy	Palossand

• Sandygast evolves into Palossand which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Sandygast

• #769Sandygast
• #769Shiny Sandygast

Mega Pokémon that boost Sandygast

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Sandygast's Ghost and Ground-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Sandygast.

Mega Gengar

Mega Steelix

Mega Swampert

Mega Banette

Primal Groudon

Mega Garchomp

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Sandygast Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Sandygast in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Ghost medal

None↓

Ground medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Sandygast, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Sandygast family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Sandygast in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Sandygast

Palossand

List of Sandygast costumes

A list of Sandygast costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Sandygast high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Sandygast. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

• #769
• #769